John's Excitement

"and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God!" John 1:36

This is an interesting verse. This is the second time that John cried out "Behold! The Lamb of God!" The first time, John explains a little bit what he means by saying that it is Jesus who takes away the sin of the world. This time, however, he just shouts.

In this verse, John is standing with Andrew and John the apostle. He's probably doing his thing, baptizing people at the Jordan. Picture this in your mind, and really see the scene as it might have happened. There is John, baptizing people in the Jordan with these two beside him. All of a sudden Jesus walks by, and John just stops and stares...He points and cries out "BEHOLD! THE LAMB OF GOD!"

When we read that verse usually, how many times do we just kinda breeze through it without thinking about what made him so excited. There walking before him was the fulfillment of a promise for which the Jews had been waiting! For thousands of years, the people had been waiting the coming of the seed of woman to crush the seed of the serpent, for the Prophet in Moses' teaching, for the righteous branch, the Son of David, the MESSIAH. And here walked that promise in flesh, Jesus the Christ! WOW! I can only imagine John saying, "There He is! What we've been waiting for is finally here! This is amazing!"

How often do you get excited about this kind of stuff? Do you get excited about Jesus? You should! He's the amen to all of God's promises! He's the One who prays for you, and His prayers ALWAYS reach the Father! I urge you, brethren, to get excited, and if you don't, then cry out to God that He would give you that excitement!